聽動感英語學口語 第36講

電影詞典

Greta Garbo 葛麗泰.嘉寶

美國俚語 《102 Dalmatian》

劇中：I’m done with all that.

done with ：夠了，膩了，可算是幹完了，終於幹完了，再也不幹了

e.g.<1> I’m done with parties. I end up spending too much money so from now on I’ll be staying at home and reading.

我對派對真算是夠了，浪費了太多錢在上面，現在開始我要呆在家裏看書了。

<2>We graduated last week so now I’m done with school forever.

我上星期畢業了，現在我終於不用再去上學了。

經典對白

1．劇中：You’re going to help me being a useful member of society.

useful ：表示有用的，對什麼有用的

e.g.<1> He can’t pitch and he can’t catch. He’s not really a useful baseballer.

他既不能投球，又不能接球，不能算是個出色的棒球手。

<2>If he would explain the homework more he would be a much more useful teacher.

如果他能更多講解一下家庭作業的話，他會是一個很好的老師。

2．劇中：Find me a little niche.

niche ：表示一個很適合你生存和發展的環境

e.g.<1> My son has been at university for about six months but he is a little bit bored with ordinary university work. He’s still having trouble finding his niche.

我兒子已經上大學六個月了，但是他對普通的大學生活有些厭煩，他要找到一個適合自己的環境還有些困難。

<2>He’s been working as a journalist for many years but I think he’s found that his true niche is travel writing.

他做記者已經好多年了，我想他終於發現他真正適合的是寫遊記小說。